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Sept. 5, 2013

Sept. 5, 2013

Grundy Register 9/26/2013

Grundy County receives welcome news from FEMA

Two damaged bridges north of Wellsburg to be repaired

 

GRUNDY CENTER — Grundy County received welcome news for its efforts to recover from flash flooding in the northern part of the county earlier this year, as the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) last week added the county to its most recent major disaster declaration for the area.

Murra, Knaack say timing right for school expansion

Part one of a two-part series. As Grundy Center Community School District voters prepare to go to the polls Sept. 10 and decide whether or not to pass a bond issue that will allow the District to add on to both its Elementary and Secondary buildings, many questions have been raised. This week’s story explores the Grundy Center Community School District’s proposed construction project at a basic level and how it is likely to affect taxpayers. It also explores what kind of questions have been asked of School Board members and administrators.

National program puts focus on Holland farm

HOLLAND — Farmers are forever searching for the formula to pull more corn or beans out of their fields at harvest time. For a Holland farmer, that search has made him part of a national program searching for the magical 300 bushel per acre mark.

The Mosaic Company brought its Road to Higher Yields Farm Tour to Holland last Friday, where local farmer Dale Launstein opened his operation to media. The farm is one of six being visited in 10 days by Mosaic as part of its Pursuit of 300 program.

Dennis Craig

 

Dennis Craig passed away August 23, 2013, at his home in Carlisle. Funeral services will be held at 10 am., Wednesday, August 28, at Peterson Funeral Home in Carlisle with burial to follow in the Middle River Cemetery. Visitation was held August 27 at Peterson Funeral Home. Online condolences may be made at www.petersonfuneralservice.com

Rebels come up short in 13-17 opener against Denver

 

DENVER – A scoreless first half coupled with a few miscues at inopportune times left the Gladbrook-Reinbeck football team just short of a week zero win last Friday night, as the Rebels dropped their season opener at Denver 13-17.

“Penalties on big plays and turnovers at key moments were too much to overcome against a team as good as Denver,” Gladbrook-Reinbeck head coach John Olson said. “We look to improve on the fundamentals that caused these things this week.”

Lillian “Polly” Price

 

Lillian “Polly” Price, 97, of Waterloo, formerly of Grundy Center, died at Friendship Village Retirement Center on August 20, 2013, of natural causes. Memorial services were held Thursday at the Friendship Village Chapel in Waterloo with inurnment in Rose Hill Cemetery. Arrangements by Locke Funeral Home.

Memorials may be made to Salvation Army, NE Iowa Food Bank, MAP International 4700 Glynco Parkway, Brunswick, GA 31525, or Friendship Village Auxiliary. Condolences may be left at www.LockeFuneralHome.com

Sandra D. Heerke

 

Sandra D. Heerkes, 69, of Dike, passed away on August 17, 2013, at the Covenant Medical Center in Waterloo due to injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. A funeral service was held on August 27 at the Dike United Methodist Church in Dike. Visitationwas held August 26 at the church. Burial was held privately at the Elmwood Cemetery in Dike. Online condolences may be made at www.abelsfuneralhomes.com.

 

 

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